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...childhood immunizations cause autism. In the U.K., doctors and policy makers are debating whether to encourage universal vaccination against chickenpox, a step that U.S. medical authorities took in 1995. Even that debate - focused not on the vaccine's safety, but on whether it's really necessary - has become surprisingly bitter...
...efforts of three freshmen, winning, 3-2, at the Bright Hockey Center in a game that Crimson head coach Katey Stone called “ugly.” The win ushered in a fresh start for the Harvard skaters, who are trying to rid themselves of the bitter taste left over from their crushing four-overtime loss to Wisconsin in the first round of last season’s NCAA Tournament. Hampered by penalties and sluggish play for much of the first two periods, Harvard found itself in a 2-1 hole late into the second. But with less...
...peoples the campaigners ostensibly seek to help—but to their own society.This self-congratulatory student activism, typified by such officious petition-writing, fosters a pernicious habit of moral sloth and validated pride. These bad habits, easily formed and even more easily justified, make our own politics more bitter, more boastful, and less humane. Unsurprisingly, these self-styled moral paragons select an investment bank to impugn—a target fit for the coward or the sycophant too fearful or too flattering not to pander to popular prejudices. Despite the competitive investment-bank recruiting process and their selective hiring...
...love, suffering, and betrayal (I promise it’s nothing like the typical Spanish telenovela), “Bodas de Sangre” is a haunting story about a wife-to-be who leaves her fiancée at the altar and escapes with her ex-lover. A bitter and violent rivalry ensues between the two families. Lorca’s obsessions with murder, death, and the role of women in society are central themes in the play. The Agassiz production began weakly with a confusing blend of discordant singing, incomprehensible dialogue, and insecure acting. By the second half...
...Giuliani Professed "Yankee Fan in Chief" Rudy Giuliani said on Oct. 23 he'd root for his team's bitter rivals from Boston--a town suspiciously close to key primary state New Hampshire. Coincidence? [ ] Romney Trying hard to sell him-self as the Gipper Redux, Mitt Romney released an economic plan that would institute a "Reagan Zone of Economic Freedom...